Niko Is Charts the Journey from His First Mixtape, to Brutus, to His Recent Work; and talks about Tupac’s influence on Him, Meeting Kweli, and More

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Talib Kweli is joined by trilingual MC, songwriter, rapper, and Javotti Media signee Niko Is who talks about growing up in Orlando, and takes us behind the scenes of the Florida hip-hop scene. The Chillest Rapper In Showbiz also breaks down the process of tightening up his bars by rapping in the streets of LA, and talks about the importance of travel on artistry, as well as the massive influence Tupac has had on him. Later in the episode, Niko Is and Kweli discuss some of the rappers' greatest collaborations, including their recent "Live From The Blue Note." If you like bars that make you laugh as much as they make you think, you’re not going to want to skip this interview. 3hwM0Vr1h95PrYFN7z2t

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0:00.0	Peace and love party people. This is Talib Kuala Lee to BKMC, the MCEO.
0:03.8	You are about to hear an excerpt of People's Party hosted by me and my lovely and talented co-host,
0:08.6	Ms. Jasmine Lee. What up Jasmine? What up Peeps to hear our entire combo and all of our episodes.
0:13.6	We've started from the game to Lil Kim, to Anthony Anderson, to my sister Tiffany Hattish,
0:18.5	subscribe to the Luminary channel on Apple Podcasts. So during the pandemic, you guys were out living
0:24.5	your lives. I was at home pregnant and pissy and you guys bring it to life into this world.
0:29.5	Okay. And y'all were in yellow spring. You brought a life. Y'all were in yellow springs at
0:34.9	Gratitude Pell's Summer Camp. Yes, we were. Can you tell me about your experience there and your
0:40.3	feature on I'll tell you later. Are you ready for this one? This is a good one. Yes. Right.
0:46.0	So I've been going to yellow springs for a few years. Off and on with Kuala Lee here and there for
0:50.8	a day or two when we were in Ohio. We were going to see Dave a little bit once. You know, go to the
0:56.0	colipso light. You know, but I was as as a homie. But pandemic happened. I think Gotham was being
1:05.2	ready to be put out. Diamond D was at the shack where Dave Shapel shot out to Diamond D.
1:10.2	Shut out to Diamond D. And he was playing the Gotham album with Kuala Lee. And he's playing the
1:15.0	album and I'm getting full mom like damn I gotta be there. Damn I hope he hits me. But it's also
1:20.0	pandemic. You're like, I don't really want travel. And then he's playing the album. He plays a
1:24.7	joints. You know, there's a homie there and there's only a few people only like, you know, select crew.
1:30.2	And then he gets to outtay later, which is like number 12. Maybe like at the end of the album.
1:35.5	I'm the whole time. I'm like, damn, I hope they play my shit. They're not playing my shit.
1:38.3	And then they play outtay later. And then Dave loses it. Live. I'm watching it live. And then
1:45.2	Shapel just loses it. He's like, what's that? Play it again. And then he played it like eight
1:50.8	times in a row. And I'm there. Screenshot. I'm like screen record. I'm like, what? This is crazy.
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